The Biggest Mistake Guitarists Make

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Hey guys,
I've been teaching guitar for 20 years and I would like to emphasize how important practice efficiency is for your guitar skills and also I believe this video will be useful for all musicians. I will show you the biggest bad habits on the guitar and how to fix it.

There are a bunch of videos on YouTube about guitar mistakes like;
Common mistakes I see guitarists make every day!
5 Mistakes Beginners Make When Learning Guitar
7 Mistakes Guitar Players Make
10 COMMON MISTAKES Beginner Guitarists Make
8 MISTAKES guitarists make every day
5 Things I Wish I Knew As A Beginner Guitarist

But I want to focus on the biggest mistake that guitarists make: Practicing with mistakes and low efficient practice as a result.

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[diegogomez]

The biggest mistake a guitarist can make is not seeing Ozgur Turkekul!

[ingeniouswild]

YES! I always had one basic rule that I had pinned in my mind, I don't remember where I heard it originally but it was simply "If you make a mistake you're playing too fast". And the reason is just like you say here, the brain's motor system is so quick to pick up the mistakes as intentional, if you just keep repeating the phrase you will get stuck more and more on the same mistake. If that happens in my experience it's best to reduce the tempo to 25%, play it a few times perfectly, then "reset" your mind by playing something else for a while before you revisit the troublesome phrase.

[bluestringmusic]

Excellent advice. I wasted many years trying to play too fast too soon. Guitarists, follow this method, it really makes a big difference !

[haidlau]

Hi Ozz, this is a great video with essential tips that I hope will be useful to everyone who watches your videos. Once again thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's super generous. For me, since the beginning, and I've been playing for 25 years now, the most important quality a musician must have is PATIENCE...
Continue to share your work, which is of extreme quality by the way. Take care and see you next time. Laurent

[ahmetcaglaresin]

Bir Türk’ün böyle güzel videolar yapması ve internasyonal olarak güzel geri dönüşler alması gurur verici 👍🏻

[CanAcarbay]

Coming up next! How to punish yourself at home when you fail to practice guitar... push up and floor wiping techniques from the master himself \m/

[egemenkapucu]

I like your teaching philosopia, you are just building columns strong as an engineer that needs discipline, (so it exactly suits you :)) I realised the difference on my son's practices ... thank you

[EmreNacre]

Totally correct!! This advice also goes for any instrument that you want to be good at, drum, bass, etc.

[abrahamrodrigues]

Im late for todays video . Was watching a video of Dave Mustaine insulting people during live concerts . I practice when i feel like practicing . U should have that mood for practice, one time i went 10 hours straight when i was learning eugenes trickbag by steve vai when i started to play guitar like 4 months ago and its been 1 year now and i can play songs like Scarified and Tornaod of Souls without any trouble . It happens like this like sometimes we are tired i dont start playing any technical stuff like Dream Theater or Racer X because that leads to mistakes and make u wanna quit . Thats why Scarified took me 2 months, i used to play it with he backing track when i was not in a mood and all those it used to let me down . So play when your fresh and get into the mood by watching some jason becker or Herman li shred it will help a lot 🤘🤘 .

[Zukadic]

I tend to make the most mistakes in the first few minutes of learning a section because I’m just barely learning the notes of said phrase. But once I have the notes of the phrase memorized I slow it down and just play it perfectly at a comfortable tempo.

I don’t know if maybe I should maybe start learning the phrases in a different way in order to be quicker.

I am still also just barely memorizing the major scales across the fretboard, and though I’m improving at it I’m still not very quick to learn things by ear just yet. So when I read a tab I need a few minutes to actually figure out the most efficient finger positions before I’m comfortable playing it slowly.

[campes]

Very good and useful advice! Thanks for this video!

[SerdinCelik]

With an incredible expression, the most important difficulty for the guitarists is clearly explained. It is a point everyone should start from now. We are grateful to @OzgurTurkekul for his posts.

[ogedayerguven]

This is not one of the best advice for practice and improvement, this is the BEST advice for it!!

[charlesdp]

you change my way of practicing !!! thanks you very much

[augustarda]

I was guilty of this, YOU set me on the right path man! Thanks a thousand times <333

[mehmetderyacaglar]

So useful and informative sir, thanks.

[denizsaktanber]

Holy rules of practicing 🐛 thanks again sensei 🦋🤘🏻

[nihattuncunayral]

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[effransshah]

Just practice2 and keep practice.. And enjoy it..

[aurelienguardiola]

If we practice all days is better or we can skip a day without loosing too much ?